Social Theory, Social Policy and Ageing: A Critical IntroductionOpen University Press, 2003 - 191 pages Presents a critical review of key theoretical developments and issues influencing the study of adult ageing. This book explores trends in social policy, drawing on the experience of ageing in the USA, Europe and an increasingly global environment. Particular attention is given to feminist perspectives on ageing, ethics and bio-medicine. |
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Page 40
... present narrative ageing as a solution to the problem posed by Gergen ( 1991 ) in his book The Saturated Self . According to Gergen , contemporary society is so full of multiple meanings and interpret- ations that personal identity is ...
... present narrative ageing as a solution to the problem posed by Gergen ( 1991 ) in his book The Saturated Self . According to Gergen , contemporary society is so full of multiple meanings and interpret- ations that personal identity is ...
Page 81
... present and the young that have real value , while age and experience do not ( Moody 1992 ; Biggs 1998 ) . Distinctions between young and old are at the same time subject to elision , through the promotion of the idea that all are ...
... present and the young that have real value , while age and experience do not ( Moody 1992 ; Biggs 1998 ) . Distinctions between young and old are at the same time subject to elision , through the promotion of the idea that all are ...
Page 106
... present world order . - Globalization simultaneously brings home and exports - the processes of privatization , competition , rationalization and deregulation as well as the transformation of all sectors of society through technology ...
... present world order . - Globalization simultaneously brings home and exports - the processes of privatization , competition , rationalization and deregulation as well as the transformation of all sectors of society through technology ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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